Broke City, Broken Politics Let’s play a game of word association; aka connotations. I’m going to type a word or phrase, then associate it. In the comments, you can tell…
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The Mayoral Election: Will Somebody Take The Damn Gloves Off, Please!
The Season Turns, But the Lead Holds Finally, it’s here. The moment you’ve been waiting for. September. Post Labor Day. You know what that means. It’s time for the gloves…
Indictments and the Black Vote: Timing as a Weapon in New Orleans
A Gavel Aimed at the Voter’s Mind Mayor LaToya Cantrell cannot run again. She is term-limited. Still the US Attorney dropped an indictment just weeks before the next election. The…
New Orleans Mayoral Race 2025: Black Power at Stake
From Our Friends at The New Orleans Tribune Unity or Division: What’s at Stake in the New Orleans Mayoral Race When are we going to get our stuff together? Why…
Jeff Landry’s National Guard Stunt Exposes His Weakness
Governor Jeff Landry ran for office promising to be tough on crime. He aired racially charged campaign ads that painted New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Black parishes as hotbeds of…
Do We Really Need National Guard Troops in New Orleans?
President Trump has threatened to send National Guard troops into New Orleans. Governor Jeff Landry has welcomed the idea. But do we really need soldiers on our streets? Crime Is…
When Good Trouble Becomes Bad News: A New Column Born from the Fire
by Dr. Kyshun Webster I know what it feels like to have your life’s work twisted into a weapon against you. Twice, I’ve watched as my commitment to equity and…
LaToya Cantrell Indicted: A Test of Black Leadership and New Orleans’ Future
by Langston Price A Mayor Made History Again Mayor LaToya Cantrell, New Orleans’ first female mayor, made history again. This time, she is the first sitting mayor indicted in the…
The New Jim Crow’s Next Move: Stopping Black People from Voting At All
From Map Fights to Ballot Blockades In my last column, I explained how Louisiana’s redistricting battle became a tangled mess — with one court ordering a second majority-Black district, another…
The New Discrimination: How “Reverse Discrimination” Threatens Black Voting Power
The Dangerous New Argument The most dangerous assault on Black voting rights today doesn’t come with poll taxes or literacy tests. Instead, it comes wrapped in constitutional language and dressed…